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Ad format carriage

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The Open Measurement Interface Definition (OMID) does not itself define an ad delivery format; verification script resources and their parameters are carried by the ad formats. On the request side OpenRTB / AdCOM declares OMID support for the placement and the creative and passes the session partner identity; on the response side the VAST AdVerifications element supplies the verification script resources.

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  • Entry cards to the two sub-pages
  • Carriage points on the request side and the response side

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OpenRTB / AdCOM carriage

The capability declaration and partner identity of the Open Measurement Interface Definition (OMID) are carried through the auction by OpenRTB and AdCOM. Request side: imp.{banner,video,audio,native}.api with value 7 (OMID-1 in the AdCOM APIFrameworks list) declares that the placement supports OMID, bid.apis declares that the creative requires OMID, and source.ext.omidpn / source.ext.omidpv carry the name and versionString of the OMID Partner object. For Native ads a custom event tracker with event value 555 carries the verification script resource.

  • Request-side carriage points: api / apis / source.ext.omidpn / source.ext.omidpv
  • Native's event 555 with ext.vendorKey and ext.verification_parameters
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VAST carriage

Response side: verification scripts of the Open Measurement Interface Definition (OMID) are carried by VAST's AdVerifications / Verification elements (declared on both InLine and Wrapper in the official 4.0 XSD), JavaScriptResource marks an OMID resource with apiFramework="omid", and the browserOptional attribute plus the VerificationParameters element are integrated from 4.1; the macros [VERIFICATIONVENDORS] and [OMIDPARTNER] fill in the verification vendor list and the Partner identity (name/versionString) respectively. The Video Player-Ad Interface Definition (VPAID) is deprecated as of VAST 4.1 and its measurement role is taken over by OMID.

  • The AdVerifications / Verification elements and their attributes
  • Version introduction of apiFramework="omid" and browserOptional
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Native Ads carriage

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How verification scripts are carried in Native ads (the OpenRTB Native Ads specification): the combination of event trackers and ext fields, access mode selection under native rendering, and the measurement methodology for the nativeDisplay creative type.

  • Carriage points for verification scripts in a Native response
  • Native-specific conventions beyond event 555
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